Commonwealth v. PBS Coals, Inc.

Opinion by

Senior Judge Narick,

This consolidated equity action was brought by the Department of Environmental Resources (DER) to compel two coal mining companies, PBS Coals, Inc. (PBS) and Fetterolf Mining, Inc. (Fetterolf) to replace the polluted water supplies of seven households and a dairy farm 1 in the village of Petersburg, Somerset County. The Yoders (two households and the dairy form) were granted permission to intervene as plaintiffs, and sought both replacement of their wells, and monetary damages. One to three surface mining sites were alleged to have contaminated the Petersburg…